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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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has recommended the following appointments of associates in the Center for Advanced Study for the academic year 1980-81 and for the program of research or study as indicated in each case. Associates ABIKOIT, WILLIAM, associate professor of mathematics, for the academic year, to explore and use the connections among the mathematical tools of function theory, topology, hyperbolic geometry and group theory in complex analysis. BERNDT, BRTCE C , professor of mathematics, for the academic year, to edit Ramanujan's Notebooks, including the proof of heretofore unproven formulas of the Indian mathematician Ramanujan (1888-1920). BIRNBAUM, HOWARD K., professor of physical metallurgy, for the academic year, to study the effects of hydrogen on the fracture of solids by the application of high resolution surface analysis techniques. CARTER-PORGES, CAROL SUE. associate professor of ecology, ethology, and evolution and of psychology, for the second semester, to analyze hormone and behavior relationships in the aging human female. DUSSINGER, JOHN A., associate professor of English, for the first semester, to complete a book-length study of kinetic imagery in Jane Austen's novels. FRANCISCONO. MARCEL, associate professor of art, for one semester, to complete a book-length study of the twentieth century Swiss artist Paul Klee. GEAR, CHARLES W., professor of computer science and of applied mathematics, for the academic year, to bring together recent and potential developments in computer architecture and software for the solution of numerical problems. HANRATTY, THOMAS J., professor of chemical engineering, for the second semester, to construct a model to explore theories of wall, or boundary, turbulence in fluids. KATZENELLENBOGEN, JOHN A., professor of chemistry, for the first semester, to continue the development of new radiopharmaceuticals for the detection of human breast tumors. KOMORITA, SAMUEJ. S., professor of psychology, for the second semester, to synthesize the various theoretical approaches to the problem of allocating rewards among members of a group or organization. LIEBERMAN, LAURENCE J., professor of English, for the second semester, to complete a cycle of travel poems based on experiences in Japan. ORTONY, ANDREW J., associate professor of educational psychology, for the first semester, to develop a cognitive theory for similarity judgments based on metaphor. PURSLEY, MICHAEL B., associate professor of electrical engineering and research associate professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, for the academic year, to conduct research in the area of spread-spectrum, multiple-access, digital communications systems. ROTUNDA, RONALD D., associate professor of law, for the second semester, to study comparative American and Italian constitutional law and the federal system. SHAPIRO, DAVID J., associate professor of biochemistry, for the academic year, to investigate the control of gene expression in hormone-responsive systems. SIMON, RITA J., professor of sociology and law, and research professor in the Institute for Communications Research and director of the Law and Society Program in the Department of Sociology, for the academic year, to carry out studies related to adoption and to immigrant assimilation. SOCHA, DANIEO. F., associate professor of art, for the academic year, to continue the development of new visual concepts in paintings. WECHSLER, HOWARD J., associate professor of history and in the Asian Studies Center, for one semester, to examine ways in which ritual and symbol were employed by the state during the "Fang dynasty (618-906 A.D.). ZUTDEMA, REINER T., professoT of anthropology, for the second semester, to study